Jacob Padron and Becca Wolff Join To Form Tilted Field Productions

By: Aug. 27, 2010
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Jacob Padrón and Becca Wolff have announced the formation of Tilted Field Productions, their new Production Company that creates and develops unique story-based projects in theatre, film, television, and new media.

Unlike most production companies, Tilted Field is ensemble-based, and all members are graduates of Yale School of Drama. Along with Padrón, who is currently an associate producer at the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Wolff, a director and writer who recently completed the teleplay for a pilot with David Milch (creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue), they are Dorothy Fortenberry (playwright), Teresa Avia Lim (actor), Michael Locher (designer), and Roberta Pereira (creative producer).

Padrón and Wolff met while grad students at Yale in 2007. Both from Northern California (Gilroy and Watsonville, respectively), an instant rapport developed between them. Together, along with Erik Pearson, they ran the 40th anniversary season of Yale Cabaret, the legendary basement theatre which is a theatrical laboratory for the passion projects of Yale Drama School students.

In 2008, Yale Cabaret was named Best Local Theatre by the New Haven Advocate. Following their success there, Jacob and Becca committed to forming their own Production Company where everyone involved would be counted on as an artist as well an administrator and producer; theatre artists would be encouraged to work outside their comfort zones, even in other media, in service of telling their stories.

Said co-founder Padrón, "Our artistic ensemble is intrinsic to the creation, development and execution of our projects. With all the work we produce, we will remain acutely aware of our audiences and the access they have to experience these stories." Added Wolff, "We know there is an intelligent, rebellious audience out there, hungry for entertainment that appeals to the mind and body, rather than genre or market share."

The ensemble will bring Tilted Field new ideas, help develop projects, spearhead their own projects, and provide guidance, inspiration, and support on the projects the company produces. Over the next 12 months, Tilted Field will develop and produce three new properties: a visual adaptation of a novel by a celebrated Mexican author, a sketch comedy web series culled from 500 hours of recorded improvisation, and the company's inaugural project will be Tilted Shakespeare - to honor their theatrical roots - a 100% tilted interpretation of a classic Shakespeare tale.

Tilted Field Productions hosted an official launch party on Sunday, August 22 at Umami Burger in Hollywood, which was attended by over 100 friends, family, and fellow artists from across the country. For complete biographical information on Jacob Padrón, Becca Wolff, and/or the ensemble members of Tilted Field Productions, please email kenwerther@sbcglobal.net, call (323) 845-9781, or visit www.tiltedfield.com.



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